Basic Drum Technique And Beyond

This book and DVD set presents a wealth of information based around hand technique that also covers rudiments musical phrasing and much more. Based around Smith's current use and analysis of matched-grip Drumset technique. Video text and notation come together in this package to clearly explain and demonstrate four distinct grips that Smith has identified and developed in his own playing. Each grip is thoroughly explored in its basic motions on the snare drum and then translated to drumset applications and phrases. Going beyond hand technique the book includes dozens of challenging and fun rudimental phrases that are used toapply the grips but that also build phrasing ideas vocabulary and chops. Ergonomic Drum setup Moeller motions and other topics are also covered accompanied by plenty of exciting solo playing from Smith. The book is packed with insights and practical ideas of how a drummer can develop the building blocks of a usable and hip-sounding vocabulary that has nearly limitless applications. The accompanying DVD contains matching videos for all the lessons included in the text. Each lesson is clearly numbered and titled making it easy to work with text notation and video together as you study these concepts. The video files are also available online for download or streaming using a unique access code in the book.

This book was created to help drummers improve their abilities to play great drum fills. The material presented was originally developed over the course of several years as a result of the needs and requests of many of mystudents. As drummers practice playing fills it becomes apparent that there are a variety of issues that need to be addressed. To play fluent and creative fills a drummer needs a strong foundation of basic fill concepts thetechnique to execute the fill and musical ideas for the content of the fill. Without these key elements playing fills can be a source of difficulty and frustration. To further illustrate this idea… In some cases a drummer maypractice a particular lick or sticking pattern to a high degree of physical execution but does not have a clear understanding of how to apply it well within a musical phrase. The opposite is also sometimes true a drummer mayunderstand a simple rhythmic idea and play it very well as a fill but doesn't quite know how to employ more interesting techniques or sounds into the phrase and get something else out of it. The goal of this book is to helpdrummers achieve a balance in these necessary skills. This book presents a diverse collection of studies and exercises that clarify the basics of drum fills develop more advanced and specific techniques to use in fills andpresent many ideas for musical phrases using the techniques. The studies are presented in an order that follows a natural progression of ability however… the exercises do not need to be played in the order they are presented.Students and teachers can select exercises to design a curriculum that fits a student's needs as their skills develop. With each set of exercises you will find descriptions tips and practice instructions. Sometimes they arewritten for each individual study and when appropriate they are written for the entire chapter. Be sure to read the text that accompanies each part of this book to get the most out of the exercise.

Nick Nolan of GIT presents the ideas and concepts needed to develop really driving rhythm guitar parts that lock in with the bass and drums. Nick demonstrates a variety of chords voicings and techniques designed to add personalityto any rhythm part. Includes: Power Chords full chord voicings common colour tones mixing bass lines and power chords and rock funk and ballad styles. This DVD has all the tricks to help you go beyond the basics of rockrhythm guitar.